Scott County in Iowa Davenport in Scott County Margaret Beatrice Treese Homicide Margaret B. (Martin) Treese “The Tattoo Murder Case” 34 YOA Credit Island Park Davenport, IA Scott County September 30, 1947 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing On Tuesday morning, September 30, 1947, two men on their way to work at Credit […]
Judy Ann Corbin Homicide Judy Ann Corbin 17 YOA The Hotel Chamberlain, Room 522 Des Moines, IA Polk County April 19, 1967 Case Summary by Jody Ewing Polk County in Iowa Des Moines in Polk County Judy Ann Corbin, 17, was stabbed to death at the Hotel Chamberlain in Des Moines on Wednesday, […]
Dorothy H. Miller Homicide Dorothy H. Miller 48 YOA 118 Grand Street Burlington, IA Des Moines County Investigating Agency: Burlington Police Department DCI Case # 69-00950 August 18, 1969 Case information compiled by Jody Ewing Dorothy H. Miller, a 48-year-old Bolick Realty saleswoman and grandmother of two, was killed on Monday evening, August […]
Gloria Fay Slump Homicide Gloria Fay Slump 24 YOA Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Case # 67-00368 March 3, 1967 Case information provided by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, and newspaper archives On Monday, March 6, 1967, Burlington Railroad employees found the frozen body of 24-year-old Gloria […]
Courtesy photo Elizabeth O’Hara Lillian Hedman Randolph Lillian Elizabeth Hedman Randolph Homicide Lillian Elizabeth Hedman Randolph 56 YOA Guthrie Center, IA Guthrie County Case # 65-00598 May 2, 1965 Many thanks to Elizabeth “Beth” O’Hara, Lillian’s granddaughter, and Wendy Chalman-Holman, Lillian’s daughter, for sharing these photos with Jody Ewing for use on the Iowa […]
Frederick Leonard Coste Homicide Frederick L. Coste 47 YOA 312 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County October 15, 1959 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Frederick “Fred” Leonard Coste, the 47-year-old manager of the Family Finance Corporation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was stabbed to death inside his loan interview cubicle on Thursday morning, […]
Cold Cases in Story City, Iowa Homicide Arnold Sansgaard 58 YOA 1 mile west of Story City, IA Jurisdiction: Boone County Case # 84-03531 July 15, 1984 On Sunday, July 22, 1984, relatives found 58-year-old Arnold Sansgaard’s nude body dead on the living room floor of the rural Story City, Iowa home […]
Hazel Marie Reimann Homicide Hazel Marie Reimann 87 YOA 131 S.E. Watrous Ave. Des Moines, IA Polk County September 2, 2008 Case Summary compiled by Aaron Brilbeck and Jody Ewing Fiercely independent, Hazel Reimann was an active senior who still mowed her own lawn and drove her own car. A former […]
Cold Cases in Pocahontas County, Iowa Homicide Mamie Sime 74 YOA Broad Street-extended Rolfe, Iowa Pocahontas County March 31, 1981 The body of 74-year-old Mamie Sime was discovered in her rural Rolfe, IA, home on Tuesday, March 31, 1981, after firefighters responded to a fire there. Authorities first believed Sime had died […]
Courtesy photo Brenda (Camp) Conklin Leota Camp Leota Camp Homicide Leota Camp 25 YOA 3213 Flemming Ave. Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1967-10836 July 10, 1967 Case summary by Jody Ewing The drizzling began the night before, and by 1 a.m. on Monday, July 10, 1967, the low rumbling thunder gave […]
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